Intertek provides evaporative emission testing. Intertek works with industry, addressing VOC issues to minimize problems before they arise in the field. Intertek provides VOC and aldehyde ketone emission testing for a wide variety of materials and products. Gaseous constituents that are emitted from test samples are captured and identified. Each method requires the analysis of the chamber outlet air by GCMS and HPLC. The customer is provided a summary of all the VOCs analyses so that an engineering judgment can be made as to the usability of the material.

Thermal direct vaporization analysis can also be performed as part of the VOC testing protocol. Intertek conducts industry recognized volatile organic compound (VOC) testing protocols, including those from the automotive and electronic devices industries:

• Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS)
  • JIS A 1901: Building Products
• Toyota
• Mitsubishi
• Mazda
  • MES CF 080: Vehicle Compartment
• BMW
  • GS 97014-2: SHED chambers
  • GS 97014-3: Air Exchang

• Nissan
  • NES M042: Interior Parts
• Various VDA Protocols
• ECMA International
  • ECMA-328: Electronic Equipment
• Japan Electronics and Information Technologies Association (JEITA)
  • PC-VOC-G-2005: Personal Computers
• Volatile Organic Compounds Analysis
• Bestimmung der VOC für die Automobilindustrie
• Analyses des COV, Composé Organique Volatil